Jameson Raid
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The Jameson Raid was a botched raid against the South African Republic carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. It involved 500 Britis
Cape Colony Soldiers charging the Boer Defenses at Doornkop on 1 January 1896
Beit, associate of Rhodes and privy to Jameson's plans, financed the revolutionists to the order of £400,000 and was subsequently censured in the House of Commons and British press.
Wernher, Beit's business partner, was not drawn into the investigation, and his role, at least in the raid's initial stages, remains unproven.
In the raid's aftermath Rhodes was severely censured and had to resign as chairman of the Chartered Company and Cape prime minister.
Leander Starr Jameson
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Sir Leander Starr Jameson, 1st Baronet,, also known as Starr Jameson, was a British colonial politician, who was best known for his involvement in the ill-fated Jameson Raid.
Jameson Raid
…2 January 1896) was a botched raid against the South African Republic (commonly known as the Transvaal) carried out by British colonial administrator Leander Starr Jameson, under the employment of Cecil Rhodes. It involved 500 British South Africa Company police and was launched from Rhodesia over the New Year weekend of…
Sir Leander Starr Jameson
Caricature of Jameson from 1896 issue of Vanity Fair
Arrest of Jameson after the raid – Petit Parisien 1896
Leander Starr Jameson